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If you wanted to understand why there is such gridlock in Congress and our national politics, all you had to do was watch the GOP members of this panel first try to get Cohen’s testimony shut down before it began on a procedural complaint. When that didn’t work, they went after Elijah Cummings.

By David Zurawik

Feb 27, 2019

Trump must not take economic sanctions off the table in Khashoggi disappearance.

Confirming Brett Kavanaugh was the best outcome at the end of a hellish decision tree that left the country with no ideal option. Reasonable people may differ on that. But what seems more obvious: It's all going to get worse. Because everyone is taking the wrong lessons from the Kavanaugh debacle.

None of us has enough evidence to make a decisive conclusion about Dr. Ford’s testimony. But to assume her experience is false and to cast her as a bad person for talking about her experience communicates to family members who are victims that their own stories will not be taken seriously.

By a vote of 50-48, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, and he was sown in shortly afterward, while protesters shouting outside the Capitol.

Last week, Hogan joined three other Republican governors who called on the U.S. Senate to delay a confirmation vote on Kavanaugh until there’s an independent investigation.

By Luke Broadwater

Oct 5, 2018

The FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh was never about finding the truth; it was about vulnerable GOP senators covering their backsides.

An estimated 40 to 50 people gathered at the intersection of Main Street and Churchville Road in downtown Bel Air Wednesday to protest the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

By David Anderson

Oct 3, 2018

The statement was circulated by the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

If Jeff Flake, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have souls (and saw President Trump's mocking of Christine Blasey Ford), now is the time for them to take a stand.

Brett Kavanaugh has demonstrated through word and deed that he is ill-suited for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

Readers comment on Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous and Jesse Colvin, candidate for Maryland's 1st Congressional District.

In Maryland's 1st, Andy Harris has proven himself incapable of relating to women who are victims of sexual abuse; his political opponent doesn't suffer that malady.

For women, it is hard to imagine a week more encouraging or more gut-wrenching — and yet I fear that we are in for more of the same as we await the final decision on whether Mr. Kavanaugh becomes the next justice of the United States Supreme Court and Mr. Cosby’s team pursues an appeal.

President Trump says FBI should be talking to "whoever they deem appropriate" in Kavanaugh background check and it's a growing list.

The last-minute delay in Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, to allow for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against him, may save the Senate Judiciary Committee from a rerun of the earlier Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill fiasco.

In a radio interview, Maryland Republican congressman Andy Harris emphasizes Ford's "psychological problems" while accepting Kavanaugh's denial.

By Dan Rodricks

Oct 1, 2018

Maryland's U.S. senators back a new FBI probe and question Brett Kavanaugh's impartiality after 'meltdown' before committee. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen said a full accounting is needed of Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegation.

By Jeff Barker

Sep 28, 2018

Democrats pulled a sneaky ambush on Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

After eight hours of testimony from Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, we have lots of emotion and little new information.

By David Zurawik

Sep 27, 2018

Beach week, or senior week, has entered the political fray before Brett Kavanaugh. Remember Doug Gansler?

The drinking to excess, the treatment of girls — the private school culture that Kavanaugh represents — rings true to some alums, but hopefully, they say, that's changed.

By Jean Marbella

Sep 27, 2018

What gives Democrats the impression that Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford is credible?

In light of the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, we have heard a lot about the culture of an all-boys school, like Mr. Kavanaugh’s alma mater, Georgetown Prep. But what about the culture of an all-girls school? What can we learn from that?

Maryland's former attorney general takes liberties with his defense of former classmate Brett Kavanaugh.

Gov. Larry Hogan has ruled out involving the Maryland State Police in any investigation of allegations that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl more than 30 years ago in Montgomery County. State Sen. Cheryl Kagan urged the governor in a letter to act.

By Michael Dresser

Sep 25, 2018

On Sunday night, the dam seemed to break in the confirmation fight over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The duo of Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer (whose

Those wondering if we're being fair to Brett Kavanaugh need to get their priorities straight, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

The only thing certain in the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh is that Sen. Dianne Feinstein has behaved outrageously, says Jonah Goldberg.

To dismiss the crime Mr. Kavanaugh is accused of because he was young when he is alleged to have committed it would create a double standard that seems based at least somewhat on class and race.

Amid the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, a classic KAL cartoon from 1991 raises the question of whether the Senate has really changed since its members savaged Anita Hill.

Senate Republicans could not make it clearer that they want to do the absolute minimum to hear out Judge Brett Kavanaugh's accuser before ignoring her and moving on with a swift confirmation.

Of course, President Trump is backing Brett Kavanaugh over sexual assault allegations - denial is his first instinct.

Maryland's U.S. senators call sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh "very serious" and "credible."

By Jeff Barker

Sep 17, 2018